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Polycestinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Polycestinae Lacordaire p. 61
1957Polycestinae Obenberger p. 312
2008Polycestinae Bellamy p. 131
2015Polycestinae Yu et al. p. 481
2022Polycestinae Cai et al.
2023Polycestinae Molino-Olmedo p. S263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyBuprestoidea
familyBuprestidae()
subfamilyPolycestinae
subfamilyPolycestinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Polycestinae Lacordaire 1857
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Tr. Acmaeoderini Kerremans 1893
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Subtr. Acmaeoderina Kerremans 1893
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G. Acmaeodera Eschscholtz 1829
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†Acmaeodera antholitha Heer 1862
Tr. Haplostethini Le Conte 1861
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G. Mastogenius Solier 1849
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†Mastogenius primaevus Obenberger 1957
G. †Mongoligenula Yu et al. 2015
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†Mongoligenula altilabdominis Yu et al. 2015
†Mongoligenula gracilis Yu et al. 2015
Tr. Polyctesini Cobos 1955
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G. †Cretoctesis Molino-Olmedo 2023
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†Cretoctesis conchimillanae Molino-Olmedo 2023
Tr. Ptosimini Kerremans 1902
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G. Ptosima Dejean 1833
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†Ptosima abyssa Wickham 1912
†Ptosima schaefferi Wickham 1912
†Ptosima silvatica Wickham 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Mongoligenula altilabdominis, Mongoligenula gracilis (111716)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretoctesis conchimillanae (187030 205729)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation Mastogenius primaevus (123419)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Acmaeodera abyssa (106382) Acmaeodera schaefferi (106381) Ptosima silvatica (106384)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Acmaeodera brevicollis, Acmaeodera antholitha (117252)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Acmaeodera nigrovittata (161518 161538)